Telegram-herald., 1887-09-08


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aboF and rustic pTivzEi0Esf
Yet. What 10 t4.stics show Ia regard to
ins matter They demonstrate. as indeed
does every profound mans investigation
znd observation. thai II the farmers Of the
and 90 n0t constitute a large army OF
ragged, broken coEn, worn out citizens,
marching towards tie poor house, they are
A. ssat over worked, poorly clothed and
barely earning living
Bat mors than that farmers are almost
universally and heavily IN debt-moFtgsged
seven Ous Of ten heavily taxed. unable 10
make improvements. and slowly but surely
sinking into condition OF practical servi-
tude yesr after year.
The registers Offices would expose a
tEightful stale Of affairs here II Michigan,
but owing 10 our unusual amount of pine
stump and swamp land. No will produce an
exhibit OF figures from state which has
been considered the gATken Of the Union.
Illinois Is noted for rs agriculture second
only 10 is city Of Chicago; and corn has
Does the corn crop pay, Hon. Charles
+. Mills. Secretary and Sta,istician for State
Board OF Agriculture. gives vol. p, page
~ table OF figures which shows that the
Illinois corn crop represents more bushels
aud value than al the other till4gs crops
combined. The table gives the average
yield per acre. bushels produced, price per
busnel. total value. cost OF producing an
acre. and then columns of loss or profit on
production. 1t includes every year from
ls6o 70 1855. and the cost OF every acre of
this boun;iful crop is figured down to slO.50
this including rental Of land. taxes, etc.
We ind By this table that the whole crop
for the year isS2 was produced at loss of
si.27s,571. For the year lSSs at loss of
ss.62i. 40 For the year 1854 at a loss of
sll, ,7so $50. For the year 1885 at loss of
$40, s31. 70l. For the year 1856 al \ loss of
$40, $40, 256. Total loss 70 the farmers in
i've years. consecutively So. .377.52s.
And it Is further shown that two-thirds
of the farms that suffered this loss are
mortgagedl
On page 259 Mr.. Mills shows that for the
year 1884 il is shown that such other crops
as wheat. oats and rye were grown at
heavy loss, barley and Irish potatoes alone
showing profit in their production.
But take the Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioners report for the same year
and what do we hnd2 On page 472 is a
table showing earnings. EXPENSES and net
incomes covering all the railroads in Illi-
nois for this same year-lSS4, and il exhibits
their total income. from sll sources. TO be
So f75. 23o; operating expenses. repairs and
taxes. $S6.f7s. .227; balance net profit on
the years business, s2o.097. .554.
What's contrast How horrible. indeed
the agricultural outlook And this of
farming Ia Iilinois-the garden of the
country.
The same state Of affairs can be shown in
Kent county and throughout the State of
Michigan. The farmers all know it, and
realize their burden. No talk about palaces,
independent life and all that can fool them.
Except for the first crop. they get no more
for their products than il cost to raise thsm
not that, counting rental or interest on
value OF the investments-the farms.
Let the bankers and the bondhoIder., the
lawyers. editors. doctors. merchants. rail
rosds and other plethoric corporations, the
money loaners and the pine barons. demon
| strate that have in any way overdrawn
this startling picture. | throw down the
gauntlet OF challenge
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